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Werburgh's animal companions (geese) and Ia's unusual sea travel (leaf boat) made today's saint story dovetail nicely with Ovid's account of 3rd February in his fasti: explaining how the constellation of the dolphin came to be through the story of Arion, who was rescued by a dolphin when his boat was boarded by pirates

St. Brigid's Day: This might be Jeffs' best discussion yet: the stories of Brigid are told in a folk-tale manner that I found effective; the discussion acknowledges the interpretation of Brigid's "abortion" miracle, but also complicates it with the medieval context of "virginity", purity, and other saints - all male - who performed similar miracles.

St Agnes' Day (the last feast day in January); Jeffs uses this to highlight the iconography of sainthood through the Royal Gold Cup in the British Museum, showing the short life of St Agnes. I still find Jeffs' storytelling a little flat, but the historical information is always interesting.

[the goal with this one is to read along as it goes through the year, so I'll with any luck finish it on the 29th December]

also yayyyyy Amy Jeffs we love youuuuu

Happy St. Mungo's Day, everyone!